Monday, 23 June 2014

With thanks to Ian in Calgary, a nice shot of Borek's C-GKBH taxiing there earlier today. Presuming this could be either KBA301 or 306, both of which were filed from Calgary. C-GKBH returned from Antarctica back in early March 2014.

Fairly quiet on the news front, so time for a few photos. These arrived in the mail today, and following a quick scan are ready to go. Three 100 Series from 1973 and 1974, two of which were dismantled for parts in the 1990's.

Friday, 20 June 2014

Concurrent to this aircraft's coverage in the blog over the past several days as it left North America, there has now also been a change of ownership registered.

Transferred to Transport Company LLC, Colorado Springs, CO 19-Jun-2014. This becomes Rampart's second Colorado Springs based affiliate - SN 429 N162DE is also registered to the same address/principals under the name Corvaire LLC.

901 - DHC-6-400 C-FMJO Viking Air Ltd., Sidney, BC

20-Jun-2014Planned

Spokane, WA (KGEG/GEG) - Victoria, BC (CYYJ/YYJ)

902 - DHC-6-400 C-FAFI Viking Air Ltd., Sidney, BC

20-Jun-2014

Calgary, AB (CYYC/YYC) - Spokane, WA (KGEG/GEG)

Photo Update

The two new Series 400's for Air Seychelles continue to be prepared for their delivery flights to the Islands shortly. They will join an existing Series 400 that was delivered in 2011

Cayman Airways has announced the introduction of a Saab 340 on the Cayman Brac route, replacing the current DHC-6-300 Twin Otter. Service on the route will also see a 50% reduction in frequency reflecting the additional capacity of the Saab. Cayman Airways Twin Otters will continue to operate the route to Little Cayman and between the Sister Islands.

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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has today issued their Aviation Investigation Report on the loss of DHC-6-300 C-GKBC (MSN 650) at Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica on 23-Jan-2013. The report can be seen at the link below:

Skybus Transfers Operations to Newquay during July

Skybus will move their Twin Otter operation from Land's End to Newquay as a result of upgrade work to the grass runways at Land's End occurring from 04-Jul-2014 to 20-Jul-2014.

Vietnam People's Navy Transfers DHC-6 Squadron

In a ceremony yesterday (17-Jun-2014) at Cam Ranh Bay the Vietnam People's Navy handed over the DHC-6 operation to the new Air Brigade 954 under the command of Rear Admiral Le Minh Thanh. The DHC-6 squadron was originally established on 05-Sep-2013, and aircraft were previously tasked by the Vietnam Ministry of Defence.

The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) has released their official report on the above accident which took place on 05-Feb-2013. This was the second incident for PK-YRF in as many years - on 08-Apr-2012 the aircraft collided with airport buildings at Mulia after both pilots were injured by gunfire from the field perimeter.

Monday, 16 June 2014

With thanks to Axel J Aviation Photography a couple of recent shots from Yellowknife featuring Summit Air and Air Tindi. Axel has a great selection of photographs from around the world. Click on either the link above or in the photo credit to take a look at his other work.

334 - DHC-6-300 N344CS Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT (Rampart Aviation LLC)
On the heels of company Twin Otter N162DE, it appears that Rampart's N344CS is also outbound from the U.S.A. on contract.

N162DE has now popped up between Indonesia and Australia, and is expected to continue on to Papua New Guinea. The aircraft was last noted on 07-Jun-2014 in Egypt, and had departed base in Louisburg, NC on 01-Jun-2014.

This would appear to be a case of the paperwork catching up to the aircraft. N869VK actually departed the Ikhana facility in California on 28-Dec-2013, and was delivered to Vietnam as N869VK between 26-Feb-2014 and 09-Mar-2014. This after the fact registration process would show the aircraft to have been exported from Canada to Vietnam, rather than the U.S.

Sunday, 8 June 2014

When MSN 106 C-FGQH returned from California in May it was only partially painted, however it has now received the full Westcoast scheme, and is seen below in service a couple of days ago. Thanks to Garry Dickinson for the photo.

C-GKSQ has today arrived safely on delivery to Island Aviation Services, joining 8Q-IAL (MSN 358) which arrived in the Maldives in Apr-2014. The delivery flight for C-GKSQ began in Calgary, AB on 02-Jun-2014 and was flown by Worldwide Ferry/Planes & Parts Ltd.

N162DE continues its trip today which began in Louisburg, NC on 01-Jun-2014. As we can see from the picture below at Amsterdam on 06-Jun-2014, N162DE has now received ARKeX titles, as well as a Rampart Aviation logo while it was back in the U.S. It still however maintains the former U.S. Department of Energy paint scheme.

Previously the ARKeX contract was flown by DHC-6-200 MSN 181 N181CS which returned to the U.S. in Feb-2014.

Thanks to Ren0W for the photograph below of N162DE as it went through Amsterdam.

With customary thanks to Tim Martin in Victoria, a couple new photographs.

Below is Air Seychelles second unit of three ordered in Oct-2013, that were originally scheduled to be delivered in 2015. With some shuffling of production, the first and second aircraft of the new order have been expedited, and should be ready for delivery in the next several weeks. Air Seychelles currently operates a single Series 400 which was delivered back in Jan-2011.

C-GKSQ has departed Calgary on the first sector of its delivery flight to Island Aviation Services in the Maldives. The ferry is being undertaken by Calgary-based Worldwide Ferry/Planes & Parts. The aircraft is pictured below in Calgary prior to completion of the paint scheme.

Sunday, 1 June 2014

N162DE had returned to the Rampart base in late May from Mexico, and now appears to be bound once again for another contract abroad. The aircraft is seen below in Oct-2013 as its was returning back to base in North Carolina.

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